After last weekâs column, I received a request to write about righteousness. Righteousness is an important attribute for some major religions including Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity and Islam. The dictionary definition of righteous is to be morally correct and just. A review of the righteousness of God and righteous human behavior will provide a better understanding of the word.
One way to think about the righteousness of God is to consider it as a deeper spiritual belief held by many Christians as presented in 2 Corinthians 5:21. âGod made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.â A more detailed explanation is recorded in Romans 3:21-26. âBut now apart from the law the righteousness of God has been made known, to which the Law and the Prophets testify. This righteousness is given through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and all are ju
“I am a historian, I am not a believer, but I must confess as a historian that this penniless preacher from Nazareth is irrevocably the very center of history. Jesus Christ is easily the most dominant figure in all history.” - H.G. Wells, Novelist and Historian | Unsplash @jontyson
As hard as this might be to believe, there are some people convinced that Jesus was not a man of history but some type of mythical figure. They claim the Resurrection story was based on ancient myths of religious figures who rose from the dead. These mythological stories were written many years before the Christian myth was written.
You re with me every step of the way
Here in the struggle (struggle, struggle)
Your love s enough to wash it all away
On the third day, yeah, You rose up
And You beat death once and for all (once and for all)
Once and for all (once and for all)
There s nobody like You
There s nobody like You, Jesus (Jesus, Jesus)
There ll never be nobody like You
There ll never be nobody like You, Jesus (Jesus, Jesus)
Sometimes this world is feeling crazy
At times my mind is feeling hazy
But Lord, You always come and save me
God Almighty, my safety